The title serves double-duty: a cove tucked under the cliffs of Seaford that bookends the action and that indelicate emotional space between exceedingly erudite lovers who have experienced their last gasp of romance. Grace (Annette Bening) is surprised to learn their son Jamie (Josh O’Connor) didn’t call his mother to …
The review should have been filed last week when the film debuted, but after learning it was a sequel — and given my anal-retentive bent — a look at the original was crucial. Pro-wrestler-turned-marquee-aspirant Stu Bennett’s gamble paid off with this followup to director Ross Boyask’s British thriller. (British thriller? …
Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) has what it takes to become the court-appointed guardian to a galaxy of unwitting seniors. From her hairstyle — a cascading pageboy with bamboo cutting board earflaps — to the determined heels against marble click-clack in her approach, every move is calculated to intimidate, to beat …
Who ordered the Russian sports melodrama?
Middle-aged Magdalena (Mercedes Hernandez) has lost contact with her son after he took off with a friend from their town of Guanajuato to cross the border into the U.S., hopeful to find work. Desperate to find out what happened to him, she embarks on an ever-expanding and increasingly dangerous journey …
Jackass for stupid people.
It had the makings of a sequel — Tiananmen Square Massacre II — written all over it. What began as Operation Dawn, a citywide strike intended to shut down Hong Kong’s traffic grid, ended in days of dissent among students of Hong Kong Polytechnic University that culminated in police brutality. …
Leigh Whannell (Insidious: Chapter 3) accentuates the madness in this modern day telling of H.G. Wells' horror classic starring Elisabeth Moss.
A big time political strategist (Steve Carell), still stinging from Mrs. Clinton’s loss, spends the summer in South Carolina, helping to turn a retired veteran (Chris Cooper) into the Democratic mayor of a small conservative town. If you’re determined to pattern a Red State/Blue State variation on Frank Capra, there …
Tear-jerking biopic based on the life of Christian music star Jeremy Camp. I've seen this trailer in the past few months more times than I have my hand and each time resulting in audible sniffles. When Kleenex won't do. Ushers should hand out bath towels.